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Comments from our second try at this: Marc sounds great. I sound way better than last time, but not as great as Marc. We gotta figure out levels. I don’t think our sponsor got value for their support. Technical-wise: this over Skype, Hijack Studio capturing the feeds, Garage Band to edit the track from that, final thing saved at 32vbr. I gotta get better at editing.

Cool – and since it’s part of the WordPress site RSS feed, I can now subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (on Mac: Advanced -> Subscribe to Podcast, enter feed://www.ussmariner.com/feed/). Thanks guys!

commendatori on
July 30th, 2011 3:56 pm

On the note of audio editing/production:

I’d highly recommend using Adobe Audition for Mac (paid) or Audacity (free, open-source) for editing. As for editing, I’d use dynamics processing – vocal limiter or something of that nature to even out the volumes. When saving, I’d recommend 48kbps mono VBR or CBR mp3, which will save you a lot of the streaming wooshing/garbled sounds.

To be fair, Chrome is a bit wonky, and that’s probably beyond our ability to affect change.

Jim_H on
July 31st, 2011 11:24 am

Just FYI…

Using Chrome 12.0.742.122

Every time I navigate to the USSM home page, the podcast starts playing. There are fragments of a window with a media player in the upper left corner of the home page, but none of the controls are usable. The audio plays automatically, starting at the beginning, every time I refresh the home page.

In IE 9.0.1 there is a media player under the “Second USSM Podcasty-Thingy” headline. It does not autoplay.

jephdood on
July 31st, 2011 11:45 am

Same here Jim. I notice some kind of issue at least once per week with Chrome. I really like its speed, but it definitely has compatibility problems.

Chrome is auto-playing this which will be a bit annoying as this post ages.

Jim_H on
July 31st, 2011 10:28 pm

An update. I tried this using Chrome on a different computer. One that happens to have the quicktime plugin enabled (i enabled it for this site), and the podcast behaves the same as it does in IE now.

Jim_H on
August 1st, 2011 11:59 am

Confirmed… Installing quicktime plugin (/gag) fixes this in Chrome…

Hoft on
August 1st, 2011 3:09 pm

I’ve really enjoyed both of these podcasts. A few minor non-technical suggestions/feedbacks:

– On the first podcast, one minor frustration I had in listening to the conversation were points where context or data would’ve helped bring things into focus. Like Miguel Olivo as terrible free-agent signing — I thought his WAR was respectable considering his contract, and wished stuff like that would’ve been mentioned for perspective. Likewise, briefly mentioning Jack Z free agent signings would’ve helped contextualize that part of the conversation.

– I’d give more free reign to impromptu lists, rankings, etc. I would’ve loved to hear an expansion of the top-GMs segment, for instance, with seat-of-pants rankings etc. Lists, retrospectives, rankings are all indulgent, sure, but also really entertaining.

– Speaking as someone who drives family and friends crazy by pausing erratically to find the right word in the middle of sentences, I noticed that you guys (I think more Marc) also have this tendency, which perhaps puts a minor crimp in the pacing. Just something to be aware of.

None of the above are complaints — I think it’s a terrific podcast. Many thanks.